PRESS RELEASE AMISOM Vows to Help Somalia Enhance Security on Marka Road 04 Dec – Source: AMISOM – 243 words AMISOM is taking steps to enhance security along the road between the port city of Marka and Kilometre 50, following two failed attacks on a Somali government convoy. A convoy carrying Interior Minister Abdulkarim Hussein […]
Somali president pays first official visit to Turkey 03 Dec- Source: Todayszaman-255 words Somali President Hassan Sheikh Mohamud will make his first diplomatic visit to Turkey on Tuesday since assuming his post on Sept. 10. On the invitation of his Turkish counterpart, Abdullah Gül, Mohamud will visit Turkey with a five-member delegation composed of four […]
3rd anniversary of deadly attack at Shamo-hotel in Mogadishu 03 Dec – Source: Radio Mogadishu/SNTV/ SONNA – 282 words Today is 3rd December, 2012 three year after the deadliest suicide bomb attack that occurred at SHAMO HOTEL in Mogadishu, the capital of Somalia which killed over 30 people and injured 30 others. It was shocking […]
Djibouti defense minister visits AMISOM troops in Beledweyne 02 Dec – Source: Garowe Online/Bar-kulan/Hiiraan Online – 98 word The Defense Minister of the Republic of Djibouti Mr. Abdulkadir Mohamed Kamil visited African Union forces (AMISOM) stationed in Beledweyne town in central Somalia on Sunday. Minister Kamil was accompanied by Djiboutian army commander Gen. Zakarie Sheikh […]
President Hassan Sheikh heading to Kenya 30 Nov- Source: Radio Mustaqbal/Shabelle/Raxanreeb Online- 81 words Somalia’s president Hassan Sheikh Mohamud is on Friday heading to Kenyan capital city of Nairobi. The president is expected to meet his Kenyan counterparts Mwai Kibaki and discuss certain issues. Hassan’s visit is part of series of visits to the east African […]
Mogadishu transport operators welcome the removal of road blocks 29 nov- Source: Radio Mogadishu/Radio Mustaqbal- 101 words Some of the transport operators in Mogadishu have welcomed the removal of illegal road blocks in some of the districts in the Benadir region. Talking to Mustaqbal radio, Daahir Adow who is one of the drivers of the […]
Military commander accuse Marka governor of alleged ties with al Shabaab 29 Nov – Source: Radio Mustaqbal/Gedo Online – 139 words The Commander of the Brigade three of the Somali military accused the governor of Marka city of Lower Shabelle Ahmed Moalim Abdirahman of having alleged links with the al Qaeda linked group of al […]
Ethiopia to stay in Somalia until AU takeover: PM 28 Nov – Source: AFP – 146 words Ethiopian troops will remain in Somalia until African Union forces fighting Islamists can take over, Prime Minister Hailemariam Desalegn said Wednesday, as he met with his Somali counterpart. “We are waiting for AMISOM (African Union Mission in Somalia) […]
Kenyan Police recover bag packed with hand grenades 28 Nov – Source: Standard – 280 words Kenyan Police in Mandera have recovered two hand grenades abandoned by suspected Somali militia believed to have crossed from the border town of Bulla-Xawa. The Somali border town was on the weekend invaded and briefly taken over by members of […]
National security force remove illegal waylays in the capital 27 Nov- Source: Radio Mogadishu/SONNA/Radio Mustaqbal/Kulmiye/Jowhar Online-131 words National Security Forces of the Somali Federal Government carried out an operation clearing roadblocks in which illegal charges used to be collected from civilian buses in Yakshid and Karan district north the capital Mogadishu. The National Security Forces […]